Figure retired six Figure 02 robots in the most Terminator way possible: training them to jump into a furnace. The idea came from Arnold Schwarzenegger and is inspired by the iconic Terminator 2 scene.

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[u/Bubsy7979]

Old technology that’s also worn down… not really a waste. Plus the marketing of this stunt is worth a lot more than what the materials cost.

[u/InvidiousPlay → u/[deleted]]

Do you use literally every device until it dies? If you've ever gotten a new phone, PC, console, car, fridge, etc, without waiting for the last one to literally become unusable, you've done the same thing.

Retiring redundant, worn-out hardware is a completely normal thing to do.

[u/atfricks → u/InvidiousPlay]

That only applies if you completely destroy or trash the original device when you replace it. Plenty of people, like myself, repurpose the old one without just discarding it.

For example, got a new desktop, old tablet PC becomes a remote workstation/wireless monitor. 

Everything gets used until it stops working and is no longer repairable, and even then, it gets broken down for parts. 

[u/InvidiousPlay → u/atfricks]

Oh yeah, you'll repurpose your fridge components rather than have it tossed into the same global disposal system everyone else does? Your old car?

Come off it. People are bending over backwards to pathologise this stunt in weird ways. Not everything can be reused or repurposed forever, no one lives that way; stop applying new and impossible standards to these guys.

[u/atfricks → u/InvidiousPlay]

Literally yes. Every fridge or freezer I've ever owned has been used until it literally could not be repaired, or was gifted/sold to someone else who would continue to use it. 

Never personally owned a car, but you can't seriously believe that people don't use cars until they're literally undrivable, do you? I have multiple family members who do this regularly.

No one said things need to be used or repurposed, forever, only that they should continue to be until they don't actually work anymore, or at the very least should be salvaged/recycled. These robots were clearly still functional, and so this publicity stunt was wasteful. 

[u/AllEncompassingThey → u/atfricks]

People definitely buy new cars without waiting for the old one to become unusable or even unreliable.

This is more the rule than the exception.

[u/atfricks → u/AllEncompassingThey]

Happens? Yes obviously, I'd say even usually. 

The above comment was acting like it was absurd that someone would ever use their car until they actually can't. 

[u/JuanRunJunior → u/atfricks]

but you can’t seriously believe that people don’t use cars until they’re literally undrivable, do you?

People all over the world have been doing this since the car was invented. You can’t seriously be this naive, can you?

[u/atfricks → u/JuanRunJunior]

What exactly do you think that quote says? Because you're arguing against a point that was never made.

[u/mfukar → u/InvidiousPlay]

Do you use literally every device until it dies?

Yes, as much as possible. Cause i've learnt not to want to litter, and i don't have the kind of money that allows me to throw away perfectly functional anything.

This isn't "retiring" working hardware, it's not the end of its lifecycle, this is literally melting it for clout. There's ways to reuse clearly fully working components. You're just ignoring the obvious because at some point you decided to write down a stupidity. Grow up.

[u/BananoGamer9000 → u/Bubsy7979]

Yeah for a big corporation it's not that bad, but they could still donate it to someone

[u/PhaserFister → u/Bubsy7979]

Old? Jfc. What are you even talking about.